Chōsokabe Kunichika

Chōsokabe Kunichika (長宗我部 国親, 1504 – 1560)[1][2] was a powerful warlord in Tosa Province, Japan. He was the son of Chōsokabe Kanetsugu. His childhood name was Senyumaru (千熊丸).[1][3]　

Chōsokabe Kunichika
Native name	長宗我部 国親
Born	1504 Okō Castle, Tosa Province
Died	June 15, 1560 (aged 55–56) Okō Castle, Tosa Province
Battles/wars	Battle of Tonomoto (1560)
Relations	Chōsokabe Kanetsugu (father) Chōsokabe Motochika (son)

After his father Chōsokabe Kanetsugu was attacked by local lords and he killed himself in the Okō Castle in 1508, Kunichika was raised by the aristocrat Ichijō Fusaie in Tosa Province.[4]　Kunichika gave his third son Kōsokabe Chikayasu for adoption to the Kōsokabe Clan in 1558.[1] He reconciled with the Motoya clan and gathered strength.

In 1560, at the Battle of Tonomoto, Chōsokabe Kunichika captured Nagahama castle from the Motoyama clan. In response to this, Motoyama Shigetoki departed Asakura castle with 2,500 men to take the castle back. Kunichika intercepted him with 1,000 troops near Nagahama castle. Kunichika won the Motoyama clan and died soon after, and was succeeded by his son, Chōsokabe Motochika.[1]

Family

• Father: Chōsokabe Kanetsugu[1]
• Wife: Osachi no Kata
• Children:
  • Chōsokabe Motochika by Osachi no Kata
  • Kira Chikasada (1541–1576)
  • Motoyama no Kata married Motoyama Shigetoki
  • Kōsokabe Chikayasu (1543–1593)
  • Shima Chikamasu (d. 1571)
  • daughter married Ike Yorikazu
  • Oyo no Kata married Hakawa Kiyomune

References

1. "長宗我部 国親" (in Japanese). 戦国ヒストリー. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
2. Turnbull, Stephen (20 January 2013). Samurai Armies 1467–1649. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472800039. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
3. "長宗我部 国親" (in Japanese). 戦国武将の名言. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
4. "長宗我部 国親" (in Japanese). コトバンク. Retrieved 25 July 2019.